#baseball project

Grand Salami Time! is the fourth full-length studio album by American rock band The Baseball Project, release by Omnivore Recordings on June 30, 2023. “Grand Salami Time” 3:22“The Yips” 3:31“Screwball” 3:44“Uncle Charlie” 3:26“Journeyman” 4:07“Erasable Man” 4:06“New Oh in Town” 2:55“Disco Demolition” 3:28“Stuff” 5:21“The All or Nothings” 2:57“That’s Living” 3:28“64 and 64” 4:39“Having Fun”…

One of biggest merits to play minor sports is more chance to become national team. National team enables players to broaden perspective, to interact with international players, and to have a big responsibility. 

It is true that these advantage is not fascinating enough for some people to start a minor sport. For example, people who enjoy baseball itself do not like to switch their field to rowing in Japan. But for people who play sports in order to achieve something through sports, on the other hand, may prefer to initiate minor sports to seek these merits written above.

In the case of Senegal, football (soccer) is a most popular game like baseball in Japan. There are plenty, thousands of club teams and millions of players, including ex-players. When it comes to baseball, there are only 200 players. It means the chance to be national team member and to have international exchange is higher than other popular sports such as football and basketball.

International exchange may allow people to broaden perspective, to nurture global mindset, and to manage great responsibility. Of course scarce people can play such a stage, but this scarcity attracts some kind of players. Actually, one told me to have started baseball to be a member of national team and play with other country and another to play in foreign country such as the US.  

Welcome cocktail for us took place in Henri's house. We enjoyed time with a lot of Senegalese baseball players. 

So far, baseball federation is not officially admitted. To say more precisely, it is not federation but provisional committee. If it become federation, a range of rights will be given. One of them is allocation. The committee is operated by personal contribution of board members so far and a lot of ideas cannot be driven because of financing. For example, we are planning to go to schools familiarise baseball in physical education class. It is effective. After previous session, some students came to regional club team and showed their motivation to play baseball. There is, however, limited number of equipment. Given allotment, we can buy extra equipment and it is then that baseball players will increase.

To promote to official federation, I heard a story of Rugby federation, which became federation from unofficial committee from one of its member. Additionally, chairman of our committee try to meet ministry of sports and chairman of olympic committee. These meeting will come true in two weeks. Moreover, we contacted sports journalist and will be exposed to media. Showing our tangible project to carry out national league and make international game, and our concrete action to make the project successful, we will successfully promote to official federation.